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Document & Artifact Collection
documents & artifacts - part of research setting
sources of data
documents
written
visual
digital
physical material
artifacts
3D physical things
objects in environment
art pieces
school symbols
awards
personal gifts
types
public records
personal documents
popular culture documents
visual documents
film, video, photography
determining validity of written
documents -
part of research process
questions to test authenticity
history of doc?
how did I get it?
what guarantee is there?
is doc complete?
has it been tampered with?
who is/was author?
any bias?
truthful?
Limitations
document/artifacts have been underused in qual research
preferences for other forms of data collection
researchers prefer to produce own data
distrust own competency in using documentary materials
documents may not be in a form that is useful for researchers
determining authenticity & accuracy
Advantages
may be best source of data on particular subject; better than observations & interviews
easily accessible; most free; time saving
library offers excellent range of comparison groups
can be used in same manner as observations & interviews
data can produce descriptive info
data is stable; presence of researcher does not influence data at all
documentary data - OBJECTIVE; unobtrusive